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  • Hitler, My Neighbor

    Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939

    by Edgar Feuchtwanger, Bertil Scali ...
    Translated by Adriana Hunter ...
    An eminent historian recounts the Nazi rise to power from his unique perspective as a young Jewish boy in Munich, living with Adolf Hitler as his neighbor.Edgar Feuchtwanger came from a prominent German-Jewish family--the only son of a respected editor and the nephew of a best-selling author, Lion Feuchtwanger. He was a carefree five-year-old, pampered by his parents and his nanny, when Adolf ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD

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  • All But My Life

    A Memoir

    by Gerda Weissmann Klein ...
    All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein's six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty.From her comfortable home in Bielitz (present-day Bielsko) in Poland to her miraculous survival and her liberation by American troops--including the man who was to become her husband--in Volary, Czechoslovakia, in 1945, Gerda takes the reader on a terrifying journey.Gerda's serene and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Indestructible Jews

    by Max I. Dimont ...
    From the author of Jews, God, and History, this comprehensive history of the Jewish people is "an epic drama, searching and nobly conceived" ( Publishers Weekly).A compelling and readable account of the four thousand year history of a people that spans the globe and transcends the ages. From the ancient and simple faith of a small tribe to a global religion with adherents in every nation, the path ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Survival in the Shadows

    Seven Jews Hidden in Hitler's Berlin

    by Barbara Lovenheim ...
    National bestseller: This "harrowing" true story of two Jewish families who survived hiding in the heart of the Nazi capital "honors the human spirit" (Andrea Dworkin).In January 1943, unable to flee Germany, the four members of the Arndt family went underground to avoid deportation to Auschwitz. Ellen Lewinsky and her mother, Charlotte, joined them; a year later, Bruno Gumpel arrived. Hiding in a ... Read more

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  • The Devil's Diary

    Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich

    by Robert K. Wittman, David Kinney ...
    The Devil's Diary is the true account of the disappearance of Alfred Rosenberg's journal of Nazi ideology that shaped the genesis of the Holocaust.An influential figure in Adolf Hitler's early inner circle, Alfred Rosenberg made his name spreading toxic ideas about the Jews throughout Germany, publishing a bestselling masterwork of Nazi thinking at the dawn of the Third Reich.His diary was ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus

    by Jean-Denis Bredin ...
    The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus by Jean-Denis Bredin (translated from the French by Jeffrey Mehlman, 59 illustrations; a newly edited edition co-published by Plunkett Lake Press and George Braziller, Inc.) On an autumn morning in 1894, Captain Dreyfus was summoned to appear for a routine inspection; instead, as he took down a letter dictated by a senior officer, he was summarily accused of ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • What You Did Not Tell

    A Russian Past and the Journey Home

    by Mark Mazower ...
    ****NAMED FINANCIAL TIMES "TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR"****NAMED EVENING STANDARD "BOOK OF THE YEAR"****NAMED NEW STATESMAN "BEST BOOK OF 2017"**A warm and intimate memoir by an acclaimed historian that explores the European struggles of the twentieth century through the lives, hopes, and dreams of a single family—his own.**Uncovering their remarkable and moving stories, Mark Mazower recounts the ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Jewish Body

    An Anatomical History of the Jewish People

    by Melvin Konner ...
    Series series Jewish Encounters Series
    A history of the Jewish people from bris to burial, from “muscle Jews” to nose jobs.Melvin Konner, a renowned doctor and anthropologist, takes the measure of the “Jewish body,” considering sex, circumcision, menstruation, and even those most elusive and controversial of microscopic markers–Jewish genes. But this is not only a book that examines the human body through the prism of Jewish culture. ... Read more

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  • The House of Twenty Thousand Books

    by Sasha Abramsky ...
    A KIRKUS “BEST NONFICTION BOOK” OF THE YEAR: A grandson’s “warmhearted, frank memoir” of family, literature, and Jewish history (Shelf Awareness).Fascinating stories and 43 photos paint a lively portrait of the remarkable Chimen Abramsky—collector of rare books and friend to the greatest 20th-century thinkers.The House of Twenty Thousand Books is the story of Chimen Abramsky, an extraordinary ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD

  • How the Jews Defeated Hitler

    Exploding the Myth of Jewish Passivity in the Face of Nazism

    by Benjamin Ginsberg ...
    One of the most common assumptions about World War II is that the Jews did not actively or effectively resist their own extermination at the hands of the Nazis. In this powerful book, Benjamin Ginsberg convincingly argues that the Jews not only resisted the Germans but actually played a major role in the defeat of Nazi Germany. The question, he contends, is not whether the Jews fought but where ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The First Modern Jew

    Spinoza and the History of an Image

    by Daniel B. Schwartz ...
    Pioneering biblical critic, theorist of democracy, and legendary conflater of God and nature, Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was excommunicated by the Sephardic Jews of Amsterdam in 1656 for his "horrible heresies" and "monstrous deeds." Yet, over the past three centuries, Spinoza's rupture with traditional Jewish beliefs and practices has elevated him to a prominent place in ... Read more

    $79.19 CAD

  • Jews in the American Labor Movement

    Past, Present, and Future

    by Bennett Muraskin ...
    Jews in the American Labor Movement is a concise but complete summary of how Jews have influenced, and been influenced by, the Labor Movement in America. From the early beginnings on the Lower East Side, to Hollywood, to present day labor and race issues, Jews have been at the center of the power struggles that working people face. This short retelling looks at aspects of Secular Jewish culture ... Read more

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